imp reading stdin ( UNIX )

The following works:

    exp parfile=xxx.par file=stdout | gzip >mydump.gz

But I can find nothing that allows imp to read from stdin like this:

    gzip -c -d mydump.gz | imp parfile=xxx.par file=stdin

I can create a pipe then filter all of the dump file through there, but this is slow. I'd rather implement this on the command line like this:

exp parfile=xxx.par file=stdout | imp parfile=xxx.par file=stdin

Why does exp recognize the standard unix notation for standard out while imp does not recognize standard unix notation for standard in??

Any suggestions?

-Kevin

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